Operating Committee of the Medical Scientist Training Program

The Operating Committee is the governing body of the MSTP, and also serves as the Admissions Committee. The Operating Committee consists of at least one faculty member from each participating graduate department/program within the medical school, plus three MSTP fellows. The current Operating Committee members are:

Name Email
Heather Ames, MSTP Fellow hames@umich.edu
Gregory R. Dressler, Ph.D.,
Professor of Pathology
dressler@umich.edu
Matthew Elrick, MSTP Fellow melrick@umich.edu
Jocelyn Farmer, MSTP Fellow jrfarmer@umich.edu
John K. Fink, M.D.,
Professor of Neurology (Neurosciences Program)		 jkfink@umich.edu
Stephen K. Fisher, Ph.D.,
Professor of Pharmacology		 skfisher@umich.edu
Thomas Glaser, M.D., Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Human Genetics		 tglaser@umich.edu
Ronald J. Koenig, M.D., Ph.D.,
Director of the MSTP and Professor of Internal Medicine		 rkoenig@umich.edu
Juanita L. Merchant, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Internal Medicine; Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Associate Director of the MSTP merchanj@umich.edu
Bruce C. Richardson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Internal Medicine (Immunology Program) brichard@umich.edu
Theodora S. Ross, M.D., Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Cellular & Molecular Biology Program), Associate Director of the MSTP		 tsross@umich.edu
Linda C. Samuelson, Ph.D.,
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology		 lcsam@umich.edu
Jessica Schwartz, Ph.D.,
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Director, Cellular and Molecular Biology		 jeschwar@umich.edu
Michele S. Swanson, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology		 mswanson@umich.edu
Debra A. Thompson, Ph.D.,
Professor of Biological Chemistry and Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences		 dathom@umich.edu
Michael D. Uhler, Ph.D.,
Professor of Biological Chemistry, 		muhler@umich.edu
Deneen M. Wellik, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology		 dwellik@umich.edu